Hadhrat Sa`d led such a life of simplicity that once he passed by the home of someone who happened to throw out his old belongings. In it there was a piece of leather that had become old and tattered. Hadrat Sa`d r.a picked up the leather and said, "Alhamdulillah, this will suffice me for three days."

He then washed it and dried it. Thereafter he burnt it and the ash sufficed him as his provision for three days.